Guided walks

Time: Morning: around Victorian Marple

Afternoon: Brabyns, Iron Bridge and Marple Bridge

Description

Learn more about Marple…on foot! Walks will last 1½-2 hours and the pace will be slow with lots of stops to look at points of interest. Led by Judith Wilshaw. No booking is required but gather at the meeting point 10 minutes before the start time. Comfortable footwear and weatherproof clothing essential. Paths may be muddy.

Victorian Marple 10am

Gathering point: outside The Pineapple Pub at the top of Market Street.

Marple in early times was a scattered farming community. There was no fast flowing water to provide power, so no work where central Marple is today. Then, in 1832 a large steam powered cotton mill was built where the Co-op is now. People came to live and work there and modern Marple began. Come and see what’s happened since.

Wheelchairs welcome.

Brabyns Park, the Iron Bridge and Marple Bridge 2pm

Gathering point: Car park at bottom of Brabyns Brow, Marple Bridge

Brabyns Park was started in 1745 as the country estate of Dr Henry Brabbin, surgeon of Stockport. Come and see where his house was and learn about the people who lived there after he died. Find out who built the Iron Bridge and learn about the story of its restoration in 2008. Explore the connection between Brabyns and St Martin’s Church. To finish, look at some of the features which have determined why Marple Bridge is here – water power and river crossings and the Duke of Norfolk.

Wheelchairs welcome, but ‘pusher’ needed.

The Civil War in North East Cheshire

Venue: Independent Evangelical Church

Time: 7.30pm

Price: £2.50 Pay on the door

Description

Local historian Chris Makepeace talks on the effect of the Civil War in our locality. Find out how two local families, the Bradshaws and Isherwoods, came into the story.